THIS is What Happens When Chinese Americans Write Chinese

[@ivyg8617]

Sheldon wrote tree, Edward wrote woods, and mike wrote forest. They’re totally one mind

[@meganwang7115]

Ivy G about to say the same lmao

[@fanchuiyu]

木，林，森

[@The4ever520]

Ivy G omg yessssss totally

[@gent7837]

IKR

[@feliciay1342]

Hhhhh

[@kity5154]

爸爸 suddenly became 노노 with ㅅ on top of them both he was korean in his past life then

[@funcats1999]

The more radicals the better. Just for good luck. And some teardrops!

[@nicozhang1132]

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@squidneyli719]

He was speaking Cantonese I think

[@ladidadi876]

ㅅ노ㄹ...Sheldon is writing Korean letters ! 😂

[@daffykenny5406]

I was thinking the exact same thing. 노 with a hat...

[@sonImbigguyinwoods]

I was thinking the same shit LMFAO

[@Ilikeflowers22]

I also thought of that 😂😂

[@morganblackburn7287]

I literally scrolled down to the comments to say that😂

[@brookleszing2233]

That’s exactly what I was thinking lol😂

[@kennyliu9589]

Edward's writing tho. Even the mistakes he made. You can tell he got a good sense of Chinese radicals, and native Chinese would understand what he's trying to write. Meanwhile Sheldon and Mike are basically drawing.

[@funcats1999]

Ideaograph lost

[@gent7837]

Kenny Liu drawing😂

[@lewang1739]

Lol drawing wwww.

[@judymegan4827]

Lol 😂😂 I can't help but to agree

[@angel_cat]

True.

[@achamehlogeorge1376]

sheldons writing looks so much like those old chinese characters written on bones and turtle shells

[@PandoraHola]

omg hahaha

[@hsuennn]

Achamehlo George HAHAHAH

[@joyhaneul]

Bahahaha so true

[@lotusfxiry2119]

true lol

[@minjieliang5603]

LMAO hahhahahahhaha

[@sweetogal]

LOOOOL laughed too hard at Sheldon's 爸爸

[@charlottezheng5509]

sweetogal those look like Korean character tbh hahahahaha

[@noah-lf2mt]

@@charlottezheng5509 nooo fam its not even close to korean characters

[@Weeping-Angel]

Not Korean characters. It’s Korean letters

[@justsuzin8960]

I think if Sheldon actually learned Korean, he would get it . 노,ㅅ,ㄹ. Anyways, Mike and Edward did well. So did Sheldon.

[@funcats1999]

Unitentionaly learns korean. Like watching jane the vigrin and learning french instead

[@nikkichao9426]

Nah man, i have the same problem as Sheldon HAHAHAHA I can read and recognise the characters fine, but if you ask me to write it, I have a very vague memory of what they actually look like :^)

[@vanessa1999137]

Nikki Chao omg this is actually me if you get me a computer I can breeze through writing coz I can read and recognise perfectly but you tell me to write a sentence by hand I would be struggling for my life

[@Hannah-vy3qn]

I’m learning Chinese and this is so true, I can read huge paragraphs fine but can hardly write simple things from memory. Whenever I try to explain this to people they think I’m mad so I’m glad Sheldon understands 😂

[@tinc6349]

SAME!! I literally need the dictionary to write essays. Even simple words.

[@Lion-ik6lv]

So as a psychology major, reading and writing are in different parts of the brain and memory doesn't have a specific area but throughout the entire brain, so technically, Sheldon is right, it is a different part of his memory. I do the same thing like I can read sentences and such but don't ask me for writing a short story.

[@hiendral9533]

@@vanessa1999137 the thing is, today, we barely write anything by hand actually

[@christinesu7019]

🤣🤣 y'all just convinced me to send my kids to Chinese school forever

[@michele18schmidt]

Christine Su 🤣

[@farel-168]

Yes, send your kids yo chinese school

[@rhiannafrench988]

🤣🤣🤣

[@t0biechan]

"different part of my memory" ok. actually me

[@chucks4963]

*SHELDON-NESE*

[@RosieMegan_official]

Yup lol

[@takirasharde2318]

I was just about to writes that he should have his own language and get credit for that

[@CantoMando]

Writing Chinese characters is NO JOKE. Any ABCs/CBCs out there that can do better? + feel free to LOL at us :)

[@CantoMando]

+CantoMando btw Sheldon here. I'm not crazy right. This memory thing is a real thing lol. Anyone else have this problem? Ex. Mike's mom can recognize traditional words but can't write them out. SAME THING IT'S REAL LOL

[@anahau03]

Yes. I can read Traditional characters but can only write a few of them but your case was extreme, haha

[@ChrislouTV]

Hi fam. I’m a youtuber as well, I strongly recommend you to put your video on Bilibili which is Chinese youtuber, lots of Chinese interested about ABC life, you can be more popular, I’m not even joking!!! Keep going, love you guys!

[@shininggreentea]

I learned simplified so I only know how to write simplified, but the traditional ones are easily recognizable. haha did you guys learn traditional (so many extra strokes ;-;)?

[@imasian88]

2ez

[@sunniliu4599]

y’all should watch/react to Asian dramas together 😂😂 10/10 would watch

[@KarakuriOdette]

Yaaasss!!!

[@glendawu6310]

Sheldon: “oooh! I kinda know this one” 1 sec later “different part of memory 🤦🏻‍♂️” Lollll😹😹😹😹😂I died laughing

[@danielledixon1211]

6:31 Sheldon wrote ㄹ, that's Korean for r/l. And he wrote 노 (noh) and ㅅ (s). If you listen to Mike from 7:51 you can hear him say that Sheldon is learning Korean. So our boy studying Korean and forgetting his own language ...damn how we love a scholar and an actual intellectual 😂😂

[@Zheltyy_]

This..... He would fit right in with NCT😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@montexic5201]

Haha but I don’t think mike said sheldon’s learning Korean, more like “sheldons writing some other words again.”

[@hestiaz3719]

06:09 苯 Benzene holy you guys surprise me

[@estasvii9756]

菜：veggie 苯：Benzene, C₆H₆. you gotta order carefully in a Chinese restaurant 😂

[@lizzywang8613]

Okay but Sheldon is kind of right... it’s a different part of your memory

[@kiwikiwi2134]

lol I'm the same as Sheldon! I've been studying Chinese for a few years and I can read characters fine, but actually writing them is the death of me. Guess you could say its a different part of the memory???? lol love all your videos!!! :-)

[@csgidiscsg]

it's not even 冷氣的氣。 it's 汽水的汽 sheldon stop xDD i think edward's 本 is closer than sheldon he wrote an entirely different character. 木 is wood LOL hahha and the strokes are so childish are u drawing or writing. nice concept art sheldon.

[@vil1700]

Tris 服了几个人在这里一本正经的胡说八道lmao

[@MAYCEMAYCE]

hahahaha i dieedddd laughing. It's been three years since I took Chinese class and I forgot all of these characters as well :(

[@lovemiumiu1]

#IGSQUAD Is Sheldon writing korean lmao Edward did so well lol

[@CantoMando]

+Lisa L lmfaoo Sheldon is writing his own language

[@anahau03]

#IGSQUAD! Hope you all had the happiest holidays!!! And... uh... was Sheldon trying to write in Korean when he ""wrote"" omg. That 노 with a ㅅ on top LMFAO. The characters Sheldon made up in this were really funny lmfao I'll never get over his 爸爸.

[@CantoMando]

+Ana Hau legit I was thinking and my mind wasn't showing me the character at all :(

[@CeliaGoh]

i secretly read it as “sno sno” 😂😂😂

[@ChrislouTV]

Hi fam. I’m a youtuber as well, I strongly recommend you to put your video on Bilibili which is Chinese youtuber, lots of Chinese interested about ABC life, you can be more popular, I’m not even joking!!! Keep going, love you guys!

[@RosieMegan_official]

Ok I'm gonna sub

[@jennaolson61]

I cant😂 Sheldon using korean characters😂

[@audreyjones7990]

That moment when you're playing along but then you're like, "Oh shoot those are traditional characters."

[@teabag0013]

Audrey Ruyi sameee samee

[@chao-yiwang9872]

As a person who’s got Chinese as first language, I laughter too hard when you guys confidently flip the 茶 open😂😂😂

[@Hamidmahdi]

In Sheldon's defense, writing and reading are different skills to use when talking about language just like listening and speaking are. Listening and reading are both passive skills and take much less effort than speaking and writing which are both active skills.

[@AG-yy9zy]

Tip: y'all can check out simplified chinese, the ones y'all wrote are mainly traditional chinese, which is tougher to remember and write compared to simplified.. take it for someone who sucks in mandarin 😁 Example: Traditional -【客氣】, Simplified -【客气】

[@slightlyhazardousgecko]

I'm Korean and I know more Chinese than Sheldon (I know nothing) WHY

[@kathytran1188]

can't relate to anyone more than these guys 😂 every video has made me laugh out loud like a complete idiot and i've been binge watching nonstop right now p.s sheldon is cuteeeee

[@yao5903]

This is hilarious! I didn't think it was possible for other ABCs to be worse than me at writing Chinese characters. 😂😂

[@ElleAlly5590]

IG Squad. Well I can’t write or read Chinese so you guys are much better than me! I’m actually surprised that Edward is so good at it! Video idea: a skit involving the popular Chinese pop songs of 2000s like from Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, S.H.E, Fahrenheit, F4 to name a few 😁

[@CantoMando]

oooo classic bands :) let's see how we can integrate that into a vid

[@xuteyee]

i love this idea!! S.H.E was the shit

[@angellei5840]

Challenge idea: 书法 writing challenge!

[@steffibeachpillows7791]

#IGSQUAD i thought sheldon used to be the chinese teacher? "different part of my memory" lol

[@CantoMando]

yes he can teach you how to write from 1-3 :) but don't ask for four

[@multifandomnerd1328]

I was playing along, since I scored 83% on my HSK level 1, but I failed so bad😂🤦‍♀️

[@jessicalee8928]

Wait Edward said he gonna write 豎心邊 for 「本」but actually he was writing 木字邊 cuz 豎心邊 is like 「忄」😂😂😂😂

[@user-ge8ni3fw3l]

😂😂😂说实话 你们会写自己的名字吗？

[@CantoMando]

not sure sheldon can 😂😊😁

[@-a1603]

So mean😂

[@dankhnw8]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@angelli2908]

我可以， 我的名字是李佩璇 还挺难写的

[@fionama288]

Edward: I didn’t go to 10 years of chinese school for this level. 😂

[@brianchau2818]

The next video should be translating Chinese to English hahaha

[@庄砚嫫]

they're writing Chinese words like me writing english words…it's so hard…yes I'm Chinese.

[@meluui]

It's ok. All I remember how to write are numbers, me, person and mountain. Pretty sure a kindergartener knows 10x more than me

[@khoopika]

It’s way more funny to watch this when you’re a native Mandarin speaker and able to write Chinese 🤣🤣

[@milaoshu]

爸字都不会写好丢脸…… 开玩笑的 爱你们哦❤️

[@athenazang1201]

get an international student (fob) in the video to judge you guys. i think that would interesting and i dont know but it might hhurt ur pride to much like it did to mine

[@CantoMando]

I like this :)

[@darianprotho6622]

3:28 no one is correct but the interesting part is each one of you have 木。Sheldon has one, Edward has 2 and Mike had 3😅😂😂😂😂😂

[@KaitlynL890]

On ‘Tea’ Sheldon just gave up on Chinese altogether and started adding Hangul in his answers. 😂💀

[@thename7151]

do you know，十几岁刚到美国的不和在美国生的小孩一起玩耍

[@juliam28]

I've been learning mandarim for 3~4 months and i got it all right, i feel good now

[@sydney8574]

Me, a Sinologist: 本，不，爸爸... good old days *sobs in Premodern Chinese 101*

[@GSRL03]

i’m Italian, I’ve been studying Chinese for 1 year and I would have gotten all of them

[@zimocheng7478]

lmao, they r like let's write 本 and then they wrote 木林森. is this planed or sth

[@bennymai88]

dafuk with sheldon hand writing. Its so bad !!!

[@ccwang9695]

本字竟然被你们写出了中国的鞋子品牌：木林森....厉害

[@angelli2908]

你也是中国人吗，太好了我不是第一个😂

[@shenmi2624]

Xswl🤣

[@pinkkittymusic]

I did this along with you guys and here are my answers (actually wrote this out): 1. 爸爸 2. 北京 3. 本 4. 不 5. 4客起 6.菜 7. 茶 8. 出租车 9. 打电话 I speak Canto but Mando Sat school where I forgot everything but I now ironically volunteer there so not bad.

[@chen-h3r]

Mike，你自己的老家都写不来吗？？？笑死我了

[@sweetlove3391]

I can read like 75%, but only know how to write like 5%. That's because for reading you just only need to recognize partial of the character and seeing the words in content, you can get much out of it. But writing it down, you have to know every single stroke of the character.

[@susapo123451]

It is easy to tell that Edward has the most practice for writing. But every bit of mistakes really are hilarious, like what are those new characters? Some sort of new writing system? Anyway, very nice video. God bless y'all.

[@bonniecheung959]

LOOOL!! Should've paid more attention in Chinese school 🤣🤣🤣

[@rosyrose492]

You guys are funny! Just described, saying hi from Beijing.

[@missmonispencer9781]

Gosh, I'm African and my Chinese writing skills are better than yours, lol! I cracked at Sheldon's 爸爸！I love your videos! Keep up the good content.

[@keizee107]

For 吃, sheldon's looks like a unholy abomination between 食 food and the traditional character for 门 door

[@menherakawaii6741]

maybe he wanted to write 飯

[@daryanetjuktjauwtjin6403]

Lol Sheldon was writing hangul😂😂ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@duokanyingwenshippinla-baituo]

As the video went on, I couldn’t understand why they laughed at each other cause all of them got the wrong answer, lmao

[@yiwendeng97]

Sheldon is writing korean hahahha

[@kaitlint05]

Man... we're doing HSK level 5 in school at the moment, which some would argue isn't that hard, but 2500 phrases for clueless Canadian-Chinese kids to learn? Good luck to us.

[@Hillary_Official_1]

I am a Chinese girl who is born and raised in Canada

[@banniwang7010]

When Sheldon said “ok, I got it” and showed something that’s not even a character.😂🤣

[@kihyonii]

"different part of the memory" this was hilarious lmfao

[@mischa9458]

This video just made me sooo glad that my mum made me go to Chinese school every saturday lmao

[@MichellLoh]

I wonder whether yall can even write your Chinese name 😂

[@ELICAV21]

"Different part of memory bro" 😂 IG SQUAD💓

[@CantoMando]

😁😂

[@googleuser4596]

This was actually fun watching you guys write Chinese. Edward seems to know the most. Mike is always trying to peep. And Sheldon 's writing is the funniest.

[@AngelGirlUkUk]

When the guy in the middle almost wrote 笨 instead of 菜. 😂😂😂 I'm British born and raised aka BBC. I knew all of them. The trick is to learn from a young age and watch Chinese TV. I watched a lot of Chinese TV growing up which helped.

[@-a1603]

AngelGirlUkUk SBC Switzerland born Chinese But chinese relatives said that SBC means stupid or so in China 😂

[@Λόλα-ο6ξ]

The first word Sheldon wrote just looks like Korean 😂

[@adindavanvliet4894]

Your laughs are so contagious! I’m smiling with you the whole time...haha

[@carmenlin1198]

MANS ON THE LEFT I'M CRYINGNSISKWKW

[@BrockMak]

6:08 OMG! Edward wrote a tough word out of nowhere! 苯 (běn/bun2), same pronunciation, but this means benzene.

[@xuefeilin2261]

Is it just me or is Mike purposely writing things wrong? I mean all his characters are real characters just aren’t correct

[@loganbigmo]

Take a shot every time Sheldon says "it's in a different part of my memory"

[@melariee_jenia8525]

ghad, hahahahahhahaha.. poor sheldon. 😂 i love edward lools. he is so cuteeee.

[@elivii697]

sheldon: i kNow thIs One me: watches sheldon write "tree" me: ok honey maybe next time

[@kimmy4357]

Bruh... Sheldon's excuse counter was at 15 不客气 :)

[@JB-lr5fl]

问甲车 LOL... Asking the armoured car...

[@daffykenny5406]

Haha I read it as 向甲车

[@TheGLOSSette]

Watching this back in 2023, Sheldon can now read and speak Mandarin better than the other 2. Wow!

[@kyiella9453]

I felt I’m improving my Chinese cuz m a starter.. thanks to CantoMando♥️

[@Laughinggor66]

Thanks for raising this topic up in such a funny way~ thank you~

[@jerjer19]

Sheldon looks so cute. His hair tells us he sleeps a lot...lol

[@kaiauten209]

Sheldon wants to try Korean writing next you can see it when you try to write “tea” he put the Korean letter “r” (ㄹ)

[@jennyyue8835]

I can relate so much that it's sad

[@archerchu4181]

Hahahahaha, it's just like how I can read traditional Chinese but not being able to write it!

[@genechan]

Love the vids.. Only knock is the use of ABC instead of CBC in the title :)

[@CantoMando]

we forgot to put both :) let me change that

[@mizzvip7489]

My life as a banana is exactly like Sheldon’s lmao

[@lapyanlai9080]

看來繁體字在外國還是挺常用的( in traditional Chinese )。作为大陆人，简繁体都能看得懂。而且学习书法的时候，就一定要写繁体字。( in simplified Chinese )。

[@madisonshaw1425]

Does Sheldon also know some Korean? Is that what’s in the different part of his memory?

[@teresazhou5741]

I'm asking this question for my future possible CBC baby. If you guys get a chance to choose, do you want to spend time learning Chinese characters when you were at a younger age? I know it's difficult, but I wish my kid can at least read and write Chinese in the level of an average 15 year old Chinese. Would love to hear your opinions.

[@sofiayang8573]

So sad😢! My brother is just like them, maybe even worse, but I can do nothing. I think it is really unacceptable that Chinese people don’t know how to speak, write and understand Chinese only because they are born in other countries, but, unfortunately, this happens almost to all the people I’ve met so far.

[@yoairyug4524]

ABC不会中文，下一代很吃亏

[@shusukepanda]

Sometimes even natives will have brain farts and forget how to write certain characters. You can't sound it out like English words, so either you know it or you don't. However, nowadays people mostly just type, so if you can select the correct character, you should be ok even if you don't remember exactly how to write something. I'm one of the rare second gen kids that can read and write Mandarin fluently, but I attribute that mostly to the fact that I have a fascination with languages, which led me to explore it far beyond what I learned at Chinese school on the weekends.

[@fonteyn6131]

I can speak Cantonese but can't write it 😭😭😭

[@angelli2908]

Well it's better than don't know